FICTION
Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"Full of stereotyping and waspishness, sure, but a welcome pleasure from an old master and the best from his pen in a long while."
Wolfe (
A Man in Full, 1998, etc.) returns to fine form with this zingy, mile-a-minute novel of life in the weird confines of Miami.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"An author to watch, Buehlman is now two for two in delivering eerie, offbeat novels with admirable literary skill."
Cormac McCarthy's
The Road meets Chaucer's
Canterbury Tales in this frightful medieval epic about an orphan girl with visionary powers in plague-devastated France.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"From the shadows of Penumbra's bookshelves to the brightly lit constellation of cyberspace to the depths of a subterranean library, Sloan deftly wields the magicks (definitely with a "k") of the electronic and the literary in this intricate mystery."
All the best secrets are hidden in plain sight. The trick is to notice the secret in front of you.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"The setup is wonderfully engrossing; the denouement doesn't deliver quite enough. But this is stylish work by an author of real promise."
Elegant and multifaceted, Engelmann's debut explores love and connection in late-18th-century Sweden and delivers an unusual, richly imagined read.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 11, 2012
"Short stories don't get much better than this, and for once, the overarching framework strengthens rather than dissipates their effectiveness."
Elegantly structured, emotionally compelling fiction from novelist/memoirist Wickersham (
The Suicide Index, 2008, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"Guy's not a lucky guy, to be sure, but if there's justice, Jacobson will enjoy best-sellerdom in his place with this latest romp."
Bad-boy funnyman Jacobson waxes pensive and topical--but no less mirthful--in his latest assault on the foibles of modern life.
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